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Reviving the grit and glory of the American Revolution, one story at a time. Son of the American Revolution. #AmRev #SAR 🇺🇸
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RT @AHC1776: The American Fur Trade was an extensive economic system that initially involved Native American Indians and European explorers….
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Part II of my Pioneers & Frontier Families series is live: The Untold Frontiers. Beyond Boone, we uncover the forgotten wars, faith, and families who carved liberty into the wilderness. Their grit still speaks to us today. Read here 👉 🇺🇸 #AmRev
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RT @SalinaBBaker: August 1776. General Nathanael Greene was in command of the forts on Brooklyn Heights on Long Island. He fell critically….
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The Sappingtons remind us: the frontier was built not just by muskets, but by medicine, faith, and grit. If this thread sparked something in you, give value back; reshare, share the story, or subscribe here: Let’s keep history alive. 🇺🇸.
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Still, Missouri’s rise, from fever-ridden wilderness to central hub of the Republic, owed much to Dr. Sappington. His pills, his family, and his ambition were part of the great American experiment in liberty, risk, and expansion. 🇺🇸 #AmRev
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But power built on commerce is precarious. By the mid-19th century, new medical advances and political turmoil eclipsed the Sappingtons. Their story is a reminder: frontier success was fleeting, often swallowed by the Republic’s storms.
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John Sappington’s pills were more than medicine; they were a symbol of frontier self-reliance. Settlers no longer had to wait on distant doctors. With a tin of quinine pills, families could endure, survive, and thrive in hostile lands.
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The Sappington family stood at the crossroads of frontier expansion and sectional strife. Their kinship ties spread through Missouri’s ruling class, including pro-slavery leaders, revealing how medicine, power, and politics entwined.
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Missouri itself was rising. Malaria made land cheap and dangerous. Sappington’s pills turned it into opportunity. Healthy settlers meant growth, towns, trade, and Missouri’s emergence as the true Gateway to the West.
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The family’s power expanded through marriage. John’s daughter wed Claiborne Fox Jackson, future governor of Missouri. Kinship networks made the Sappingtons not just healers, but political kingmakers. Medicine fueled politics.
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Where others saw sickness, Sappington saw opportunity. His fortune bought land, influence, and power. By healing the sick, he secured a dynasty that would intertwine with Missouri’s politics for generations.
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Sappington pioneered one of the first mass-produced American medicines. His quinine pills, cheap, effective, and widely available, became lifesaving staples. By mail, he sold them across the nation. A frontier doctor became one of America’s first medical entrepreneurs.
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Dr. John Sappington came west in the early 1800s, not with a musket, but with quinine. In a Missouri plagued by malaria, his “anti-fever pills” saved countless settlers. On the frontier, survival was as much about medicine as muskets.
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The frontier wasn’t won by rifles alone. In Missouri, medicine, kinship, and ambition carved the path. The Sappington family transformed a malarial wilderness into the “Gateway to the West.” Their story is one of life, power, and legacy. Let’s dive in. 🇺🇸 #AmRev
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Oldie but a goodie. Enjoy 🫡🇺🇸.
The Battle of Paulus Hook (August 19, 1779) was a daring Patriot raid during the American Revolution. With a small force, Major Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee struck deep into British-held territory, capturing a strategic fort in modern-day Jersey City. 🧵🇺🇸. #AmRev #RevWar #USA
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@elonmusk Value for Value: if Croghan’s story lit a spark for you, give value back in kind. Reshare this thread to keep his legacy alive, share the lessons in conversation, or subscribe for more at AmRev Resurrected. History is fire; let’s keep it burning. 🇺🇸
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By the Revolution, Croghan’s fortune collapsed. Creditors devoured him. His vast land empire evaporated. Once courted by empires, he died in 1782, nearly forgotten, buried on his Pennsylvania estate. The frontier king died a debtor.
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During Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763), Croghan was wounded and nearly killed. Yet he negotiated the peace of 1765, traveling deep into hostile territory. Few men dared walk alone into villages of warriors still dripping with British blood. He did.
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But the Crown saw his schemes as dangerous. British officials often nullified his land deals, fearing they would spark Native wars. Croghan teetered between favor and disgrace, never fully trusted, always too bold for empire’s leash.
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